college rescinding their acceptance offer?

[yummycheese]

<p>Does anyone know how low your mid-year report grades are before UChicago, or any other top college rescind their offer of acceptance? This is stressing me out majorly, since I might end up with a C or two....</p>

[Amadeuic]

<p>I wouldn’t worry too too much about it, although they might send out a warning if your other grades also noticeably dropped.</p>

[gracello]

<p>People freak out about this every year, and really… DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT. You have to be in the range of multiple Ds or Fs, a break in your transcript that is obviously a slack-off issue, to even be in the range where they MIGHT consider rescinding you. While you should aim to keep your grades as high as possible, few B’s or a C are not a problem.</p>

[idad]

<p>From Ted O’Neil’s 2005 convocation speech (class of 2009):</p>

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…Maybe you thought you got the wrong letter! Or, that we changed our decision – we found out that you didn’t study for your calculus placement exam, or read The Iliad, or memorize French idioms, or, that we really paid attention to your spring semester C- in AP Chemistry – that instead you went to the beach, de-tassled corn, or drank a root beer – things no University of Chicago student is supposed to do. But – we don’t make mistakes, and, stare decisus –the decision stands (for the next day or so, the Latin phase newscasters will take the most pleasure in saying), stare decisus, unless you really think those old judges didn’t know what they were doing – stare decisus – “you’re stuck” is the English translation.

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[yummycheese]

<p>So all A’s, one B, and one C should be ok on the mid-year report??</p>

<p>Also, if they do rescind your acceptance, when would they do that?</p>

[Machiavelli12]

<p>Hahha dont worry. Unless you have Ds and Fs there is no way they will rescind your acceptance.</p>